Speaking of dives -- I had tremendous sympathy for Eduardo and was cheering his comeback from that horrific tackle and grotesque injury. He surrendered any claim to my affection with that shameless dive in the box against Celtic. He got his penalty, but he lost a lot of respect from around the world, I'm sure.

I am watching Houston in Panama. Why do the referees placate the Latin crowds? The Latin crowds hate Americans. Why do we have to go down there and get beat up. This one is a farce. Neither Houston player did anything close to being given the boot. Their player got closelined right in front of the ref and then fell to the ground writhing trying to look like he got closelined. Is it really worth it to do these tourneyments? I like a soccer game, not a farce. The officials placate the home team. The officials should get together and work on the officiating and what to do in hostile environments without penalizing the visiting team.

I've seen alot of questionable officiating before, but nothing ever coming this close as what I've just watched in the Dynamo game. I'm not a Houston fan, but they ought to be steaming mad. That ref was beyond clueless. I still don't know why Corey Ashe was sent off, and I'm pretty sure he still doesn't know why. Ugh.

When the president of MiamiFC says that they should all be embarrassed--Dude is 100% right. That result is an utter disgrace. Losing by 6--ok--maybe a bizarre fluke combined with a dreadful night. But 9?!?!?

The USL game highlights prove that bad officiating affects the game's outcome. Miami had some good chances before the first Carolina goal. How the referee could allow that first goal to stand is unbelievable.